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Spain’s beef interprofessional organisation, PROVACUNO, received the 2026 Alimentos de España award for food internationalisation on 14 October. The award from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food recognises the …
Where does meat come from, what does a butcher do, and why do different cuts look different? Vienna-based M.E.A.T. GmbH has introduced “Cuts & Colours – Ein Fleisch-Malbuch”, a colouring book that explores these questions. Written …
A study published on 14 October proposes visible/near-infrared hyperspectral imaging as a way to classify the eating quality of pork shoulder butt. Its relevance lies in the fact that it does not seek to predict a single …
The Wisconsin Pork Association has launched a 24-month pilot programme intended to move regional porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus control from management toward elimination. Announced on 13 October, the project brings together …
On 13 October, USDA-APHIS reported the release of Infested Zone 16 and the modification of Infested Zone 17, including parts of area 6.A, for New World screwworm in Texas. The actions were taken with the Texas Animal Health …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture revised its support sheet on serving meats and meat alternates at lunch and supper in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, CACFP, in October. The document does not itself establish a new legal …
A paper published on 14 October examined Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, STEC, isolated from domestically produced retail meat products in Liaocheng, Shandong Province, China. The authors combined quantitative PCR, …
M.E.A.T. GmbH has brought forward the booking launch for its Texas BBQ Roadtrip 2027. Registration has been open since 15 October, ahead of the originally announced date of 1 November. The itinerary, hotels and prices are already …
A Belgian study published in *Poultry Science* compares the oxidative stability of breast and thigh meat from four chicken-production systems: fast-growing birds reared indoors, fast-medium-growing birds reared indoors, …
Cooperation between industry organisations can gain commercial relevance when it helps translate technical requirements into processes understood on both sides. On 14 October, Meat & Livestock Australia reported that Australian …
African swine fever preparedness cannot be limited to a list of animal-health measures. Britain’s AHDB has commissioned London Economics to update the economic-impact assessment for a potential ASF outbreak in Great Britain. The …
England’s new Organic Action Plan does not set a meat-specific specification, but it can change the sourcing and marketing conditions for organic livestock products. The UK government launched the plan on 14 October around three …
Tastings and influencer visits do not replace product quality, but they can make quality understandable where menu and buying decisions are made. On 13 October, Meat & Livestock Australia announced that 23 international chefs, …
A bacteriophage against *Salmonella* is not yet an automatic commercial solution, but a newly published study provides practical data that justify evaluating the approach in poultry processing. The work characterised phage WP85 …
Genomic pathogen research changes what traceability means in the meat chain. A study published in *Emerging Infectious Diseases* investigated *Salmonella enterica* serovar Infantis carrying the *bla*CTX-M-65 gene in South Korea …